Manages enterprise operational excellence and continuous improvement programs across Pfizer. Leads Lean Six Sigma projects, develops performance metrics, oversees governance and resource planning, coaches project teams, facilitates cross-functional collaboration, and implements IMEx initiatives. Maintains procedural documentation for clinical, medical, safety, and regulatory processes, supports audit readiness, delivers Yellow Belt training, and applies statistical analysis, change management, and problem-solving methods to improve operational performance.
Why Patients Need You
At Pfizer, our mission is to inspire a best-in-class culture of continuous improvement and project management that empowers colleagues and enables simple, effective processes. Whether you are managing projects or liaising with others, your contribution in this team will help in making our work easier and faster so that we can deliver breakthroughs that change patients' lives.
What You Will Achieve
Your organizational skills will help us integrate our continuous improvement programs across the organization, both vertically and horizontally. Thanks to your knowledge and skills, it will be ensured that the improvement programs yield results and strengthen the overall business strategies. You will work as a coach and a facilitator for improvement projects as well as maintain performance metrics to measure program success.
As a manager, you will support the program by taking care of project governance, project reviews, communications, trainings, certifications and rewards. You provide guidance to operational teams for managing projects. Your planning skills will help in preparing forecasts for resource requirements, and providing areas of improvement for products, processes or services. Through your comprehensive knowledge of principles, concepts and theories of this discipline, you will also work towards advancing new concepts and methodologies. You will be able to take a leadership role to facilitate agreements between teams.
It is your hard work and focus that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.
How You Will Achieve It
Qualifications
Must-Have
Nice-to-Have
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers .
Continuous Imprv and Proj Mgmt
At Pfizer, our mission is to inspire a best-in-class culture of continuous improvement and project management that empowers colleagues and enables simple, effective processes. Whether you are managing projects or liaising with others, your contribution in this team will help in making our work easier and faster so that we can deliver breakthroughs that change patients' lives.
What You Will Achieve
Your organizational skills will help us integrate our continuous improvement programs across the organization, both vertically and horizontally. Thanks to your knowledge and skills, it will be ensured that the improvement programs yield results and strengthen the overall business strategies. You will work as a coach and a facilitator for improvement projects as well as maintain performance metrics to measure program success.
As a manager, you will support the program by taking care of project governance, project reviews, communications, trainings, certifications and rewards. You provide guidance to operational teams for managing projects. Your planning skills will help in preparing forecasts for resource requirements, and providing areas of improvement for products, processes or services. Through your comprehensive knowledge of principles, concepts and theories of this discipline, you will also work towards advancing new concepts and methodologies. You will be able to take a leadership role to facilitate agreements between teams.
It is your hard work and focus that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.
How You Will Achieve It
- Provide guidance, lead/co-lead projects, manage own time to meet objectives, and plan resource requirements for projects across the division.
- Liaise with business stakeholders to define, design and implement performance measures.
- Deliver continuous improvement projects using six sigma and lean methodologies.
- Lead or support analysis of improvement programs and potential results.
- Develop and execute IMEx (Integrated Manufacturing Excellence) initial implementation and updates going forward.
- Key interface to other divisions and facilitates cross-functional project modeling, resourcing and overall performance.
- Lead a team of subject matter experts in the development and maintenance of procedural documentation related to Pfizer clinical, medical, safety, and/or regulatory processes.
- Coach/facilitate/lead project teams, assist in OpEx strategy definition, solve problems, and implement solutions to improve operational performance by applying the appropriate tools.
- Ensure the Translation and Dossier execution procedural documentation adheres to internal standards and policies allowing the business to be inspection or audit ready.
- Enhance capability of colleagues through Yellow Belt training.
- Serve as an expert resource for evaluation and action against assigned measures.
- Support internal and external Audits.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Bachelor's Degree
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- 8-12 years of experience in Lean Manufacturing and/ or Lean Six Sigma
- Projects Management Skills
- Ability to perform Statistical Studies with appropriate Statistical assumptions addressed.
- Ability to work and influence cross functional teams.
- Skills to translate and present visualization of data into a format that can trigger action and business decisions
- Basic understanding of finance and good working knowledge of the Pharmaceutical Industry
- Understanding and proficiency in Change Management
- Ability to effectively coach and mentor colleagues
- Strong oral and written communication skills
Nice-to-Have
- Master's degree
- Relevant pharmaceutical experience
- Demonstrated previous supervisory management experience in problem solving, decision making, negotiating and conflict resolution skills
- In depth knowledge and experience with investigations and compliance-related procedures
- Capability in Lean tools and/or desire to grow Lean capabilities to further drive Continuous Improvement projects.
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers .
Continuous Imprv and Proj Mgmt
Pfizer Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND Office
Chennai, India
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